Culinary dredging device



A. L GAGE ET AL CULINARY DREDGING DEVICE Filed June 11. 1923 April 8 1924.

WWMW s ma E TQM N NA]. R MGM W AA A NE Patented Apr. 3, 192%..

NITED STATES PATENT? OF FIE.

ANNA. L. GAGE AND DENA WILLIAI'KS, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESGTA, I

CULINAEY DREDGING DEVICE.

Application filed J'nnc To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, ANNA L. GAGE and DENA rimmers, citizens of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in. the county of Hennepin and State of Minne sota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Culinary Dredging Devices, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relatesto culinary dredging devices, and while intended more particularly for use in connection with flour, it may be used for other materials which it is desired to shake or sprinkle out of a re ceptacle in finely divided condition. An object is to provide a device of this character which is so constructed that the material may be conveniently sifted out of the re-.

ceptacle when desired and which has provision for preventing the entrance of dust into the receptacle and accumulation of dust on any of the parts from which it might be introduced into the material when the device is being used for dredging purposes.

The full objects and advantages of our invention will appear in connection with the detailed description, and the novel features of our inventive idea will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate some of the forms in which our invention may be embodied,

Fig. 1 is a view of one form of the device in vertical central section. Fig. 2 is a view in horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1 but showing a slight modification. Fig. 4.- is a fragmentary elevational view of another slight modification. Fig. 5 is a view in horizontal section on the line 55 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view corresponding to Fig. 5 but illustrating the form shown in Fig. 3.

Referring to the construction shown in the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the body portion of a receptacle or box which is preferably made from sheet metal, and which has a handle 12 attached thereto. A stud 14 shown as made in two parts is secured to the upper portion of the handle. A cover 16 has secured thereto and extending out from the margina finger member 18 which is pivotally attached to the stud 1 1, the pivot being provided with a coiled spring 20 which when the cover is not held up keeps it firmly engaged with the -in turned annular flange 21 ofa ring 22 with which the top of the receptacle is engaged when the device is assembled for use. Positioned in this ring and in engagement with the flange 21 is a wire mesh screen 2 1. A

concave disk 26 is positioned underneath the screen 24: with its margin in engagement with the margin of the screen. The downwardly curved portion of the disk 26 is provided with a large central perforation 28 and a series of smaller perforations 3O arranged around the central perforation. The screen 2e and the disk 26 are held in proper position on top of the receptacle when the ring 22 is secured in place which may be accomplished in any suitable manner. The margins of the screen and disk preferably have a frictional fit in the ring sufficient to prevent them from dropping out when the ring is removed from the receptacle but which tacle. In Figs. 8 and 6, the ring 22 is formed with a number of bayonet slots 32 for engagement with pins 34 riveted to the receptacle. In Figs. 4c and 5, the ring is formed with the bayonet slots 32 which are adapted I to engage pins 36 formed by striking outwardly the material at the mouth of the receptacle.

The operation and advantages of our invention will now be obvious. In use, the receptacle 10 may be readily filled with the desired material upon lifting the cover 16 and removing the ring 22 carrying the screen 24- and the disk 26. When the re ceptacle has been filled to the desired eX- tent, the parts just mentioned are again secured to the mouth of the receptacle, and upon releasing the finger member, the spring 20 causes the cover 16 to close the receptacle, thereby preventing the entrance of dust and moisture and preventing the accumulation of dust and moisture on the screen and disk. 1V hen the device is to be used for dredging purposes, the cover is lifted by engagement of the finger with the finger member 18, and upon inverting the receptacle the desired amount of material may be readily sifted out. The provision of the perforated disk 26 prevents the accumulation of lumps and packing of the material on the under side of the screen. Our device is not only well adapted for ordinary culinary uses but is extremely advantageous for use by campers, since the provision of the normally closed cover prevents the material from shaking out when the device is carried, and also prevents flies and other insects from lighting on the screen.

\Ve claim:

1. A culinary dredging device comprising a receptacle, a screen, a perforated disk spaced underneath said screen, means for holding said screen and disk in position at the mouth of said receptacle, a pivoted cover adapted to lit over said screen and clcse said receptacle, and a compression spring ior normally maintaining said cover in closed condition.

2. A culinary dredging device comprising a receptacle, a screen, a perforated disk spaced underneath said screen, a flanged ringadapted to receive said screen and disk with their margins in engagement with each other, means for securing said ring to the mouth of said receptacle, a pivoted cover adapted to fit over said screen and close said receptacle, and a compression spring for normally maintaining said cover in closed condition.

3. A culinary dredging device comprising a receptacle, a screen, a perforated concave disk spaced underneath said screen, a flanged ring adapted to receive said screen and disk with their margins in engagement with each other, means for securing said ring to the mouth of said receptacle with the mar gin of said disk resting thereon and the margin of said screen superimposed on the margin of said disk, a handle secured to said receptacle, a cover pivotallyattached to said handle and adaptedto fit over said screen and close said receptacle, and a compression spring for normally maintaining said .cover in closed condition.

.2. A culinary dredging device comprising a receptacle, ascreen, a perforated disk spaced underneath said screen, a flanged ring adapted to receive said screen anddisk with their margins in engagement with each other, means for securing said ring to the mouth of said receptacle with the margin of said disk resting thereon and the margin 01" said screen superposed on the margin of said disk, a pivoted cover adapted to fit over said screen and close said receptacle, and a compression spring for normally maintaining said cover in closed position.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aflix our signatures. 1

ANNA L. GAGE. DENA WILLIAMS. 

